How do you get the kind of contrast that the naked eye sees? I'm trying to take a photo of the skyline and, even though I can see it, the CN Tower is disappearing into the black sky in the pics.

Sounds like a retina or Byron alert.


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theAudience said:

Hi, tA!

Where the frig is that Byron character?

he's on myspace.

butterfli25 said:

Shouldn't he be on his own space?

fathermcmeekle said:

I'll get my coat.....

Ace said:

I think you need a slower shutter speed?

Ace said:

What's up killer?

I'm hoping you get a definitive answer because i've run into the same problem.


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theAudience said:

Hey - totally off topic, I wanna clear out some equipment. What do you think I should ask for the following (I ask, 'cause you are the cat here when it comes to musicians):

'78 Tele
'59 Les Paul Jr.
Squier Tele
Takamine
Roland JC-120
Yamaha DX-21
Tascam PortaOne

Ace said:

It's all about timing. You need to take the picture when the dark sky matches the brightly lit buildings. About half an hour after sunset is a good start.

Peter said:

the peacock photo is magnificent, Peter.

PricelessHo said:

They're all great. But surely I've seen skyline pics taken against a black sky where you can see the outlines of the buildings?

Ace said:

I'll semd you a crisp 100 dollar bill for the Tele and Les Paul

girl66 said:

and possibly a tripod?

NDRU said:

Ace said:[quote]

theAudience said:

Hey - totally off topic, I wanna clear out some equipment. What do you think I should ask for the following (I ask, 'cause you are the cat here when it comes to musicians):

'78 Tele



how moooch????

NDRU said:

You need a tripod if you want high quality (ISO 100). If you don't have one you have to increase the ISO to avoid camera shake. This one I took handheld with a small pocket cam (Fuji F30):

PricelessHo said:

Yeah, that was an amazing creature.... he gave his best to impress us.

Peter said:

would you mind sharing the settings & film type you used on these (& the ones above)? they're really nice
[Edited 5/8/07 17:22pm]

NDRU said:

Paris photos are here:
http://www.peterberger.at...ex.html?1e
http://www.peterberger.at...dex.htm?1e

and the last one is here:
http://www.peterberger.at...82b.html?e

Details are underneath the pics...

Thanks Peter!

Peter said:

That's a great shot from that camera.


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Peter said:

Wow. I wish my shots in Paris came out half that good.

While attempting a similar Eiffel Tower "upshot" my camera's batteries died.


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Try playing with the levels in photoshop to see if you can pull out enough detail.

Otherwise, try shooting in RAW format (if your camera supports it), since it will give you more flexibility in adjusting the image.

There's also another technique of using multiple exposures of the same image, and combining them into one, but you need to be careful not to move the camera at all.

http://www.hdrsoft.com/examples.html

one other trick in photoshop...

take your image and copy it, then paste it as a mask. Invert the mask and choose "load selection". This will "select" all the dark areas of your image. You can then adjust the levels, and only pull out extra detail in the shadow areas of the picture, without making it too light overall.

Peter said:

very nice.

Peter said:

Yes he did . Martina (IrresistibleB1tch) and Paul loved him as well . Wasn't that a wonderful day .

Thanks Ace, NDRU, theAudience and Stax.

theAudience said:

I know what you mean... it was in Lisbon. The first battery was fine the whole day but the 2nd one (fully charged) died after 15 pics. Thankfully I was in a big city and could buy a new one the next day.
[Edited 5/9/07 9:58am]

since you guys are talking photography and Paris, here's a photo i took (post processing apparently)

PricelessHo said:

since we are showing off our Paris photos, here are a few of mine...